2. Key facts „Planning for energy efficient cities“ PLEEC European Union Seventh Framework Programme Funded by 18 partners from 13 European countries 6 mid-sized cities, 9 universities, 3 industry partners Partnership 36 months April 2013 - March 2016 Duration

3. Background EU´s 20-20-20 goals Aim: Improving energy efficiency by 20% in 2020

4. Background Current problems: Deficit of holistic knowledge about energy efficiency potentials in cities Variety of inidividual strategies tackling separate city key aspects No strategic energy efficiency planning in European cities

5. PLEEC project uses integrative approach Aim: To develop a general model for energy efficiency and sustainable city planning PLEEC approach Coordinating strategies Combining best practices Sharing energy efficiency recommendations

6. Specific objectives To assess the energy- saving solutions and potentials for a comprehensive city planning To identify the future research agenda on the issue of energy-smart cities To develop a synergized model for energy efficiency planning considering city key aspects To create Action Plans to be presented to decision-makers in the cities To demonstrate how integrative planning is more efficient than separate measures

7. Work Packages

8. Methodology (1) Six mid-sized PLEEC cities:

9. Methodology (2) Month 1 - 14: Work Package 2 Analysis of performance of participating cities within city key aspects Month 10 - 21: Three parallel Work Packages 3, 4, 5: Elaboration of energy efficiency recommendations from three key perspectives WP 2: Elaboration of energy smart city profiles WP 3: Technology- driven energy efficiency WP 4: Structure- driven energy efficiency WP 5: Behaviour- driven energy efficiency

10. Methodology (3) Month 21 - 36: Work Package 6 Integration of results from WP 2, 3, 4 and 5 in Action Plan for Energy Smart City Model of sustainable city planning Summary of best matching recommendations

11. Methodology (4) Dissemination of the project´s results at local, national and EU levels Project website Events, conferences Promotion material Social media Press relations Month 1 - 36: Work Package 7

12. Partnership

13. Contact Lead coordinator: Mikael Kullman Eskilstuna Energy and Environment Kungsgatan 86 SE-631 86 Eskilstuna Sweden Phone: +46-710 20 00 Mobile: +46-72 253 11 12 E-Mail: coordinator@pleecproject.eu Find us on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Pleec Twitter: https://twitter.com/PLEECproject Blog: http://pleec.blogspot.de/ www.pleecproject.eu